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WGCA72 TJSJ 122254

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PRC143-122345-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

649 PM AST WED MAY 12 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEAST...NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST 

CENTRAL PUERTO RICO CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM AST...



AT 6 45 P M AST PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THAT THE RIO CIBUCO HAS FLOODED A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 620 IN BARRIO 

CANDELARIA IN SECTOR FATIMA. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THIS 

AREA.



ELSEWHERE RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH...MOST ARE FALLING...BUT A FEW ARE 

STILL RISING.  RIO PIEDRAS WAS STILL ONE AND THREE QUARTERS FEET 

ABOVE ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 15 FEET AT HATO REY AND FALLING SLOWLY.



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